Photo: Slamforeman · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Steiner Ranch are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Steiner Ranch A; getting around on foot earns it A. The poverty rate is 2.4% (Texas 13.8%). For 43% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Steiner Ranch and work: the main findings
A lot of Steiner Ranch works from home
43% of Steiner Ranch workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
More than half of Steiner Ranch works in Austin
3,814 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Austin, 9.6 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Steiner Ranch itself. The commute map ↓
Steiner Ranch has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Steiner Ranch went from 1,276 in 2013 to 2,199 in 2023, +72%. The jobs ↓
Steiner Ranch is a place people come home to
There are 2,199 jobs based in Steiner Ranch, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Steiner Ranch has about 13,000 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Steiner Ranch
74% of Steiner Ranch residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Steiner Ranch pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Steiner Ranch’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Steiner Ranch is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #47 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($190,523, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Steiner Ranch could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Commuting from Steiner Ranch: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steiner Ranch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,082 commuters (the 43% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
51% of working residents work in Austin
Where Steiner Ranch clocks in
51% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Steiner Ranch
2,199 jobs are based in Steiner Ranch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steiner Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 1,276 → 2,199. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Steiner Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Steiner Ranch by day
On a workday 7,150 residents head out to work, 269 work right here, and 1,930 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Steiner Ranch on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Steiner Ranch’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Steiner Ranch is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steiner Ranch is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #28 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Steiner Ranch near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,900 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Steiner Ranch households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steiner Ranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Steiner Ranch places 165th of 1,915 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Rendon TX | 14,632 | $118K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Middletown Township PA | 17,342 | $129K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 164 | Green Valley MD | 13,602 | $172K | 2.8% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 165 | Steiner Ranch TX | 18,619 | $191K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| 166 | Pecan Grove TX | 24,272 | $132K | 5.9% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 167 | La Grange Park IL | 13,453 | $120K | 4.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Steiner Ranch, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Steiner Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Steiner Ranch?
$190,523 (±$29,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steiner Ranch?
2.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steiner Ranch?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steiner Ranch work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (51%, 10 mi), Round Rock (4%, 18 mi), Leander (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Steiner Ranch walkable?
Steiner Ranch is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steiner Ranch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steiner Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steiner Ranch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.